Everyone is resigned to inefficient and corrupt governance. The contempt of authorities for the public at large is almost palpable. Everyone jokes how the municipal corporation is easily the world's biggest wastrel. But no one seems prepared or capable to do anything about it. How did these guys get so autocratic? Isn't India a representative republic? Can nothing be done at the ballot box?
Designer Krishna Mehta pulled out all the stops on Day Three of Lakme Fashion Week, with a conch-blowing sadhu opening her show and a live band providing music all through. Here's how it all went down.
'Tanhaji has so much fun recreating a bygone legend and fictionalising history, authenticity and spellings, it gets infectious,' feels Sukanya Verma.
For Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic the final is a chance to settle the score 20 years after the bitter defeat
The story line of Baywatch is like a Hindi movie!
Rajamouli has effectively directed this Telugu reincarnation story starring Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja.
The Kannada film is painfully long and unbearably tedious.
'Nag Sir is so chilled out. I did not see him get angry,' Lavanya Tripathi tells Radhika Rajamani.
The Transformers' star was voted as the best sci-fi actress at the Spike TV Scream 2009 festival.
A team of UK researchers has taken the first step on what could be a stairway to heaven.
Aged 11, Adora Svitak is not just another primary school kid; she teaches in one.
Well, Sara Watson of University of Central Lancashire has managed to make her vehicle invisible by spray painting it to match the car park and entrance to her art studio, a unique concept which many say is "amazing".
A diligent student, Kochhar was busy collecting gold medals in management studies and cost accountancy when others were wiling away time -- all of which she channelised to get to the top post of India's largest private sector bank ICICI Bank.
Make no mistake, there's never a dull moment in God of War III, but you can help feel the momentum drop a bit during certain parts of the game.
Donald Trump, on the verge of becoming the third United States president to be impeached, has attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and accused the Democrats of an "unprecedented and unconstitutional" abuse of power as he described himself as a victim of an "illegal, partisan attempted coup."
Obama said he refused to accept terrorism as the 'new normal' even after the recent attacks in Paris and the subsequent hostage situation at a hotel in Mali.
The actor is among two others playing Ledger in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus.
Mammootty's new comic act in Ee Pattanathil Bhootham directed by Johnny Antony remains just that.
With a glass-walled-like seating area on four hidden wheels, Mike and Maaike's electric car drives on its own. 'Summoned by phone, your ATNMBL arrives. You enter from the curb side through an electric glass sliding door into a standing-height entryway. Upon entering, you are presented with a simple question: 'Where can I take you?' There is no steering wheel, brake pedal or driver's seat,' the duo described the experience.
The family had earlier held a meeting to plan the pop icon's last rites and they want to bury Jackson at the California ranch.
Well, here's some good news, ladies -- a 'pong-proof' underwear has finally been developed.
Despite collaborations with Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Missy Elliot and Ludacris, not to mention a little help from A R Rahman, Ciara's third album, Fantasy Ride remains just that -- a fantasy.
Goldie Behl's attempt to keep it interesting is conspicuous even if not brilliantly executed. And while Drona falls short of being an irresistible experience, it sure had the makings of one.
'Pratchett's work mocked the very idea of literary limitations, going from police procedural in one book to Christmas adventure in the next, from vampires to football, from the birth of motion pictures to the examining of religion itself.'
For all those who've felt that Tamil moviedom hasn't really made use of fantasy and mythology elements in a modern set-up, or come up with a fun movie for children in recent times, Abhirami Ramanathan's maiden Tamil film Panchamirtham, directed by Raju Easwaran, has roped in mythological characters by the bucket-load for the kiddie-club.
'What seemed missing in Tumbbad was that screwiness, that kinkiness, which shades so many of our best parables,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Not only is it the year's top animated film thus far, it's the top Kung Fu offering as well, and an effort that will doubtless bring a smile to fans of both genres. Lord knows, it's the best film to star Jackie Chan in ages.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite frames from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
'Indian diplomacy faltered amidst multiple failures of statecraft.' 'The functionaries responsible must be held to account for their abject failure,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Achint Kaur, who made a mark on television playing negative characters, plays a witch in NDTV Imagine's fantasy story, Raajkumar Aaryyan.
Too much symbolism and emotion is invested in making cars for the masses.
A free press is not necessarily an unbiased press. The media curates what it presents to the public, and that curation is driven by multiple considerations, argues Devangshu Datta.
...A hate letter to our system, feels Sreehari Nair.
Teen actress Dakota Fanning may star along Robert Pattinson in the sequel of the romantic-fantasy film Twilight.
Every film has its own villain and Drona is no exception. The villain in this fantasy film directed by Goldie Behl and starring Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra is the charismatic Kay Kay Menon. Critically acclaimed for his performances in films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd and Corporate, Kay Kay comes from a theatre background. He tells us what we can expect from Drona.
An Indian Institute of Technology-Chennai (IIT) alumnus has come up with instructions on how to make a flying carpet, just like the one in Walt Disney's creation 'The Arabian Nights'.
A subject like Drona, high on make-believe and enchantment, screams for adventure and surreal in its compositions. And while the soundtrack has its moments, in entirety it's too average to achieve any of these elements.
Redefining the portrayal of lesbian relationships in India.
